It's hard to believe what's possible with just a bit of lead and a lot of patience. Hyperrealistic pencil art has reached a point where it is virtually indistinguishable from a camera lens, capturing ...

Not everyone can take a blank sheet of paper and turn it into a stunningly realistic animal portrait. It takes an artist with a sharp eye for detail and the skill to capture the lifelike essence of ...

Check out this vintage photo of a halloween party group portrait. It might be hard to believe, but it’s not actually a photograph, but a pencil drawing by 28-year-old Scottish artist Paul Chiappe. He ...

Asking scientists what career they would have pursued if they hadn’t gone into science is a crapshoot: It can either stop the conversation cold or uncork misty-eyed reminiscences about the road not ...

Discover creative water-soluble pencil techniques for blending colors, adding watercolor-like effects, and creating ...

The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...

Today, I went for a trial lesson at a colored pencil and pencil sketching class.It took about an hour to get to the classroom ...

Whether drawing realistic or abstract subjects, an understanding of tone, the variations of light and shade, is important. A variety of pencils are required to create a tonal study. The B range is ...

Patient artist Paul Lung spends up to 60 hours sketching incredibly detailed pictures of his subjects with just a single pencil. 01 September 2009 • 1:03pm Believe it or not these portraits are not ...